Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

The highest market price paid for
eggs at the store Of H. S. Polling & Co.
Bring on your eggs. A crOmo free to
every person bringing US eggs. If.
Doctor Wallace executed a difficult
surgical operation in trepanning the
fractured skull of Claude Nipps last
Saturday. He vas assisted by Doctors
MIley and Brothers.
Mcdowell & Davis have been get
ting on some elegant new buggies for
their livery business. They are really
turning out some elegant rigs and
their prices are reasonable.
Be sure and notice our new adyer-
tisement IN the HERALD supplement
this week, as 1t viii be a great benefit
to you-R2senberg " NIichalisky, Of
the Chicago Fair.
Mrs. Fanny League, who was ont
at Denver two weeks ago, says she
heard the c. X. & n. alluded to as the
St. Joe, Phillipsburg & Denver Rail-
road. That jingles tremendously.
There was a destructive fire at
Woodruff, this county, last Sunday
night. The store of r. NJ. Pendarvis
and two other business houses were de-
stroyed. It was a heavy loss.
There may be seen at Tucker &
Crandalls a photograph of the Big
Greek bridge on the c. K, & n. this
county. 1t is a fine picture and re-
fleets credit on the artists.
We have heard ii rumored that Mr..
Lincoln will soon lay down the editor
iaI pen Of the Logan Republican. We
are sorry to learn this. He is q gentle
man of ripe scholarship, and has made
the Republican a good local paper.
In our account Of the trial of Corn
ing. last week, before Esquire Dickey.
we stated that OIessrs Mckay and Stin-
son appered for the State. We seemed
to have been in error as those gentle
men were elsewhere. Judge n. B.
Mccormick prosecuted.
"A brakeman named Ebbs, while
coupling cars in the c. K. & n. yards
at this place, got his hand caught be-
tween the bumpers and badly crushed.
One finger was broken. DR.. Wallace
was called, who dressed the wounds
and reports his patient comfortable.
A year or so ago the Kirwin Chief
said that Doctor Wallace of this place
every morning went up on top of his
house and looked long and earnestly
to the eastward to see if he could dis
cover any cars coming. The Doctor
now asks the HERALD to say to the
Chief man that his persistent efforts to
see 'keers" have been rewarded.
The Annual meeting of Stockholders
of the County Agricultural Society took
place Dee. 43. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
John Lowe President, John Hahneu
kraft Vice President, j. S. Barnes Sec
rotary, !. n. NIcIHvain Treasurer. a
full report Of the meeting will be pub
lished next week.
j. c. and E. S. Latsbaugh contract
for space in the HERALD this week.
They came here from Decatur, H.,
with the best of recommendations. We
have formed the acquaintance of the
Senior member of the firm and find
him to be a genial. well informed
/ gentleman, and we believe him to be a
wideawake, competent business man
Read their sad and give them a call.
Joe Gebhart, successor to John
, Gebhart, on the east side Of the square
is filling up the empty shelves with
fresh new dry goods, clothing, and in
fact everything usually found in a first
class general store. Joe proposes to
keep right to the front. He wants all
of his brothers old customers and a
regiment of new ones TO come and see
him and he VIII do them good.
-For short time our space has
been well taken up by advertisements.
/ Some of these ,ads" will be discon.
hnued after the holidays, when we viii
devote more space to reading matter.
( During the year we furnish our read
ers with an average amount of read
ing. December is the printers harvest
and we hope our kind hearted patrons
viii bear with us for carrying 50 large
an amouat of adve rtJsing for fe "
weeks.